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1942

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Drawing, Portrait of Sarah E. Richards

This is a Drawing. It was created by Daniel Huntington. It is dated 1841 and we acquired it in 1942. Its medium is graphite and white chalk on brown wove paper . It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of Erskine Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

27.2 × 21.7 cm (10 11/16 × 8 9/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed with initials below inscriptions, lower left: by DH

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: Sarah E. Richards

Cite this object as

Drawing, Portrait of Sarah E. Richards; Daniel Huntington (American, 1816–1906); USA; graphite and white chalk on brown wove paper ; 27.2 × 21.7 cm (10 11/16 × 8 9/16 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1942-50-103

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